Accelerated radiotherapy for brain metastases

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-22

  Nieder, Carsten ^a   Nestle, Ursula ^a   Niewald, Marcus ^a   Schnabel, Klaus ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accelerated radiotherapy; Brain metastases; Computed tomography; Late toxicity; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN RADIATION; CANCER CONTROL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SURVIVAL; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030756663     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00113-8     Document Type: Article

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